Henry's Freedom Box(
by Ellen Levine/illus. by Kadir Nelson, Scholastic $16.99 Score: ) Told with an economy of words, this moving story does not miss a beat in capturing the powerful story of a slave family torn apart and the courage of a man who was determined to be free. This tale of the Underground Railroad is based on the true story of a man who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box and lived to tell of it. 7 & up.